# богъ
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* Glagolitic: ⰱⱁⰳⱏ (bogŭ)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

### Noun

богъ • (bogŭ) m
* god

#### Derived terms

* богатъ (bogatŭ)
* богобоїивъ (bogoboiivŭ)
* богоборьць (bogoborĭcĭ)
* богоборьѥ (bogoborĭje)
* богоборѥньѥ (bogoborjenĭje)
* боговидьць (bogovidĭcĭ)
* боговъгодьнъ (bogovŭgodĭnŭ)
* боговѣденьѥ (bogovědenĭje)
* богозъванъ (bogozŭvanŭ)
* боголѣпьнъ (bogolěpĭnŭ)
* боголюбивъ (bogoljubivŭ)
* боголюбьць (bogoljubĭcĭ)
* боголюбьѥ (bogoljubĭje)
* богомѫдръ (bogomǫdrŭ)
* богонаученъ (bogonaučenŭ)
* богоначѧльнъ (bogonačęlĭnŭ)
* богоносивъ (bogonosivŭ)
* богоносьнъ (bogonosĭnŭ)
* богоносьць (bogonosĭcĭ)
* богообразьнъ (bogoobrazĭnŭ)
* богопознаньѥ (bogopoznanĭje)
* богопротивьнъ (bogoprotivĭnŭ)
* богоразоумьѥ (bogorazumĭje)
* богословъ (bogoslovŭ)
* богословьѥ (bogoslovĭje)
* богочьстивъ (bogočĭstivŭ)
* богочьстьѥ (bogočĭstĭje)
* богоꙗвлѥньѥ (bogojavljenĭje)
* богоугодьнъ (bogugodĭnŭ)
* богꙑни (bogyni)
* божити (božiti)
* божьї (božĭi)
* божьскъ (božĭskŭ)
* божьство (božĭstvo)
* божьствьнъ (božĭstvĭnŭ)
* небогъ (nebogŭ)
* оубогъ (ubogŭ)
* убожьство (ubožĭstvo)
* убожьѥ (ubožĭje)

### Further reading

* “богъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

## Old East Slavic
### Alternative forms

* б҃ъ (b:ŭ) — abbreviation

### Etymology

First attested in c. 1056‒1057. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bȍgъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic богъ (bogŭ) and Polish bóg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔɡʊ/→/ˈbɔɡʊ/→/ˈbɔːɡ/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈbɔɡʊ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈbɔɡʊ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈbɔːɡ/
* Hyphenation: бо‧гъ

### Noun

богъ (bogŭ) m (related adjective божь or божьскъ)
* god

#### Descendants

* Old Ruthenian: богъ (boh), бѡгъ (bôh), бугъ (buh)
** Belarusian: бог (boh)
** Carpathian Rusyn: бог (boh), буг (buh)
** Ukrainian: бог (boh), біг (bih), бі (bi)
* Russian: бог (bog)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “богъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 137

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* бѡгъ (bôh), бугъ (buh)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic богъ (bogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bȍgъ, from Scythian.

#### Noun

богъ • (boh) m pers
* (religion) god
* idol
* upper class representative, tsar

##### Related terms

* боговъ (bohov)
* божескїй (božeskij)
* божїй (božij)
* божскїй (božskij)
* богинѧ (bohinja)
* божница (božnica)
* божокъ (božok)
* божитисѧ (božitisja)

##### Descendants

* Belarusian: бог (boh)
* Carpathian Rusyn: бог (boh), буг (buh)
* Ukrainian: бог (boh), біг (bih), бі (bi)

### Etymology 2

First attested in 1587. Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *bȍgъ.

#### Noun

богъ • (boh) m inan
* share, cut, wealth
    за прости богъ ― za prosti boh ― free of charge, for free

##### Related terms

* бога́тый (bohátyj)
* богатѣйшїй (bohatějšij)
* богатѣючїй (bohatějučij)
* богачовъ (bohačov)
* бога́тство (bohátstvo)
* богачъ (bohač)
* збожьє (zbožʹje)
* небогъ (neboh)
* небожа (neboža)
* богатити (bohatiti)
* богатитисѧ (bohatitisja)
* богатѣти (bohatěti)
* убогїй (ubohij)

##### Descendants

* Ukrainian: бог (boh) (dialectal)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бог”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 219
* ↑ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бог”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 158: “MUk. богъ, бугъ”

### Further reading

* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “богъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 108
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “богъ, бугъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 3
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “богъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 113
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “богъ¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 105
* Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “богъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 61

## Ossetian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *buka.

### Noun

богъ • (boǧ)
* bull
    Synonyms: гал (gal), куыр (k°yr)

## Russian
### Noun

богъ • (box) m anim (genitive бо́га, nominative plural бо́ги, genitive plural бого́въ, feminine боги́ня)
* Pre-1918 spelling of бог (box).

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.